Fürsten Zwickel - Fürst Wallerstein Brauhaus

Auraan

Arizona

4.26/5  rDev +12.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured a beautiful cloudy orange with three fingers of fluffy white head. Quite appealing to the eyes. Scents of apple juice, sweet malt, doughy bread like scents and yeast. Nothing to out of the ordinary, but pleasant. Flavors of sweet malt, bread, yeast and an undertone of German hops. It finishes with a nice dry after taste that balances the malty sweetness of the rest of the sip. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation, like a lot of German style beers I've tried. This is a very good, very unique beer, in some ways like a cross between a pilsner and a hefeweizen. I like it a lot.

Serving type: bottle

04-27-2013 05:32:55 | More by Auraan

Fatehunter

Oregon

3.56/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A finger of head on a cloudy, medium straw colored body.
The aroma is both fruity and earthy. Orange and lemon on the fruit side. Unique.
The flavor is wheat, orange and finishes sour.
A crisp texture with higher carbonation and medium body.
It's like a hefe had a child with a pils. Drink one if you can find it.

Serving type: bottle

01-19-2013 05:50:49 | More by Fatehunter

oberon

North Carolina

3.98/5  rDev +5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a 1/2 liter stein a hazed deep orange tinged golden with a large fluffy white crown that took its time fading into a frothy mass leaving broken rings of lace behind.Yeasty and doughy aromas with a tinge of iron,lightly sweet.The mouthfeel is coating but not heavy,just very smooth.Mildly sweet doughy flavors with a hint of anise,quite yeasty to be expected,faint iron in the finish.Iam sure this is as food friendly as all get out,although not in your face flavors this is top notch for the style.Furst brings it.

Serving type: bottle

11-28-2012 21:28:46 | More by oberon

Halcyondays

California

4.38/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

50 cL swing-top bottle,

A: Pours a murky burnt orange with a large frothy white head, some spotty lace.

S: Sulfur and yeast, musty grain, mineral, sea air.

T: Sulfur and mineral backed with a real nice bready rustic malt component. Floral finish of earthy hops. Very well done.

M: Light-bodied, frothy and creamy with an elegant finish. Very drinkable and refreshing.

O: I've had unfiltered lagers before, but never one actually called a zwickel. This is very good and a great new find in the German section.

Serving type: bottle

11-22-2012 23:59:59 | More by Halcyondays

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

4.03/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

500ml bottle - $3.99 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours a lightly hazed, darkish golden body with a tall, foamy, white head.

Smell: Moderately grainy-scented pilsner malts with a quality to it best described as being "dusty and forgotten". Like an old bottle in an unpopular beer store, a family heirloom, or an Adam Sandler movie on VHS. Also, vague notions blended together, a washed-out melange of fruit, sweetness, and spicy herb.

Taste: Lightly malted barley with a forward graininess to it. Softly sweet. Very, very faint caramel accent, maybe a fleeting hint of dried apricot. Additionally, there's some modest citrus and herb. Lightly bitter. Drying finish, though there's still some caramel qualities present. Lingering yeast and herb.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Overall: A nice, dusty lager.

Serving type: bottle

11-21-2012 23:23:54 | More by ChainGangGuy

crossovert

Wisconsin

3.6/5  rDev -5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

500ml bottle, mindestens haltbar bis: 22.01,12.

It pours a cloudy gold with a nice-looking fluffy white head.

The smell is pretty standard, grainy with some slight hop notes.

The flavor has a pleasant citrus character along with some herbs. It is sweet, but not a ton The malt is also very tasty.

It looks and smells pretty average, but it does have a fresh, invigorating flavor

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2011 16:12:57 | More by crossovert

Absumaster

Netherlands

2.98/5  rDev -21.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A slightly murky beer with a yellow golden color and a creamy, settling head.

Smell is sulfuric and yeasty with notes of straw and dough. All of this on top of a pilsner malty base. Some hints of lavender.

Taste is musty with sulfur notes. It tastes really like an unfiltered beer with too much yeast in it. The doughy notes included. There is a slightly sweet maltiness that has some decoction notes of Maillard and caramellized products.

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2008 09:57:14 | More by Absumaster

stcules

Italy

3.48/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Deep golden, quite dark. A good amount of a white, compact head. Pouring the yeast, it tends to become a little hazy. Anyway, beautiful appearance.
Fresh smell, malt, yeast, and fresh herbal hop.
Quiet taste, well balanced: yeast, breadcrust, that remains in the aftertaste. Then also herbal notes of hop.
Good texture. Even some white flowers hints (orange flowers), with a light sweet orange peel note.
Pleasant, drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2008 19:29:31 | More by stcules

ttu94

Texas

3.9/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Very good beer overall. Good drikability and flavor. Don't drink too cold.It is a bavarian Keller beer but tastes like a good Bavarian Helles beer. Cloudy upon pour. Becomes more malty as it warms.
Smell is clean. Taste very good. mildly dry and very drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

05-05-2007 04:59:11 | More by ttu94

HappyHourHero

Indiana

3.08/5  rDev -18.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

"Naturtrubs Kellerbier in furstlichen Kelern gereift" on the label.
Hazy golden beer with a few bubbles rising gingerly along the edges. Big foamy off-white head has a creamy top and leaves thick patches of lace. Light bready aroma with just a hint of crisp citrus. Fresh out of the fridge there is almost no flavor. Maybe a bit of malt with a bite at the end, but that's it. A light bodied beer with a good kick of fizz after you swallow. A little maltier as it warms, but a bit stale, with mildly bitter lemony finish. Fancy bottle, fancy label, mediocre beer.

Serving type: bottle

08-27-2006 15:44:35 | More by HappyHourHero

paterlodie

Belgium

4.1/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Best before 04-04-05 so in time but probably about half a year old.
Pours in ok with nice white head and golden opalizing beercolor.
Nose is malty, sweet and has the typical german yeastesters with it. Taste is full malty, litle maltsweet before getting into a litle bitter but very clean( as the rest of the brew is) aftertaste. Mouthfeel isn't overwelming but in a good balance. Drinkabilty is cause of the finesse of the brew more then ok. Good beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-15-2005 19:42:49 | More by paterlodie